The new year will be the year of walking into fairy circles, smiling at glowing red eyes in corn fields, leaving flower crowns on gravestones, befriending every eerily unblinking cat and generally exposing yourself to every slightly surreal seeming phenomenon because we have nothing to lose and eldritch beings to gain as friends.

hey, how long does it take before the forest god comes to get you after you leave a strand of your hair and a fresh loaf of bread in a mushroom circle by the lake? asking for a fr

“something wicked this way comes” is a complete magic spell by itself that can evoke any power on this earth and it’s coincidentally also what people say when I enter a room.

The first day of October has strong magic to it. The only creatures that dare set their eyes on the moon that night are, without a doubt, all witches. 

Oh? You did what? And you did it on the first night of autumn’s reign?

Then we must say to you:

Welcome. We have been waiting for you.

What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger, but what kills me grants me the opportunity to befriend the forgotten eldritch monsters of the underworld and learn their witchcraft.

Don’t worry if your skin keeps breaking out. Growing magical powers need years to balance themselves out and they’re known to irritate the skin. Once you’re strong enough to befriend a dragon, your skin will clear.